deliberate
adjective
carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional.
was deliberating
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past progressiveof deliberate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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PdVSA recently circulated among industry participants a list of two dozen production-sharing agreements it was deliberating with foreign oil companies, according to a person close to the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Britain's Raducanu, 22, was deliberating whether to travel to the United States for the hard-court event which starts next week.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
Prosecutors asked that the bail of Rebecca Grossman be revoked in her murder trial Friday, saying that while the jury was deliberating she orchestrated the release of sealed evidence that jurors have not seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Two years ago, while working as a catering chef, she was deliberating another major life change.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
Raheem and Leroy had stayed down at the courthouse, where the jury was deliberating.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
